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starting 2 part and have a ????
I'm starting at .5ml per gallon I have about 180 total water vol. ALK is at 3.0 right now and CA. is at 450. is that right so around 90ml per day of each?????
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90 ml sounds reasonable to me as a starting point. A few days of alkalinity testing should help pin down the tank's consumption rate a bit, but a few weeks might be needed to get an accurate trend line.
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every tank is different on its consumption of of calcium and carbonates but I have a total volume of 180 also
I use 90 ml of Bionics two part daily to maintain a alkalinity of 10.8 dKh and calcium at 430. I haven't had to change that amount in a month now. You should test your mag level before starting--it should be at 1300 ppm
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mag is low, it tested about 1100 ppm last time I tested it. Should I start the epsom salt 2 part at the same dose?
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It's generally safe to dose up to 100 ppm per day of magnesium. This calculator might help:
http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chem_calc3.html It requires a guess as to the water volume, so I might target 50 ppm for the first dose, and check what actually happens. It'll take a lot of supplement.
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I see two kinds of 2-part for mag one with epsom and mag flake and one with just epson. I don't have magflake so will it be ok to use the epsom only??
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I bought some bulk magnesium chloride, personally, but using only epsom salts might be fine. People have done it successfully.
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Using Epsom salts alone is better in the case where you are using the DIY two part than in other cases (like folks using limewater), since the chloride from the Dowflake helps to partly offset the excessive sulfate in the Epsom salts.
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Re: starting 2 part and have a ????
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measure your calcium and alkalinity, and mag which you have done See how far off you are from 400ppm calcium and 9.00 alkalinity Use the chemistry calculator that Bertoni suggested Use Kent turbo calcium to bring up your calcium level to 400 Use Kent supper dKh to bring up you alkalinity level Now start the90 mL of two part for one week--and remeasure the levels. If you are very close to the starting measurements continue with no adjustment Second week repeat but this time if it has dropped off alot that you need to dose then start with a little more two part and continue for one more week repeat the above--over a month it will graaaadully stablize out and you won't experience the seesaw dosing that alot of reefers get into again this worked for me so it is just an anecdotal suggestions
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Re: Re: starting 2 part and have a ????
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S.G. = 1.025 Temp = 78.0 pH = 8.10 Ca = 420 Alk = 9 Mg = 1350 NO2, NH3 = 0 NO3 = 0 |
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Any solid alkalinity supplement is not far off of baking soda for our purposes when using that calculator.
FWIW, I'd prefer baking soda to Kent super buffer, as the buffer has borate in it which you do not need routinely. For a one shot, it is fine, however.
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I don't know what's in it. Boomer might have said something.
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Jonathan Bertoni |
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The Kent site lists this as the ingredients:
http://www.kentmarine.com/saltwater/...buffer-dkh.htm "Contents: carbonate, bicarbonate and borate salts of sodium, magnesium, and potassium." FWIW, I do not know how much of any of the ingredients it contains.
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I only used it once and in the future I will use baking soda instead.
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S.G. = 1.025 Temp = 78.0 pH = 8.10 Ca = 420 Alk = 9 Mg = 1350 NO2, NH3 = 0 NO3 = 0 |
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Sounds good. I'd probably use it until its gone, then switch to something else.
Happy Reefing.
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Randy,
I have a question regarding the Reef Chem calculator and Mg supplementation. For my water changes, I will need to add some Mg supplements to the Reef Crystals Salt that I use. I have Magflake and Epsom Salt already mixed. Can I use this to boost the Mg levels in my water change? What category would this fall under? The Randy's Recipe 1 and 2 versions A & B? Same question applies to my display tank. If I need to boost my Mg levels in the tank, what category does this fall under?
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Thanks, Chris |
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Yes, that is a good supplement to use.
If you made a liquid supplement according to my recipe, then use the Randy's DIY entry. The other entries for MAG flake and Epsom are only if you measure them out dry (FWIW, I add dry Dowflake and MAG flake to my new salt water)..
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Gotcha. Thanks for the help.
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Thanks, Chris |
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You're welcome.
Happy Reefing.
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Jonathan... where did you get your bulk magnesium chloride?
thanks!
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Jenni AKA "Reefmama" |
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I got mine online from harveysalt.com, but there are other vendors, and they might be more convenient.
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Jonathan Bertoni |
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Thanks, Jonathan, I checked them out but no prices...
Besides the TWOPART site what other sites sell this stuff? Is shipping really high for this?
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is this plain ordinary baking soda--that is better to use the Kent super dKh
Yes. At least it is not worse. Bake it first if you want it to raise pH as well as alkalinity.
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